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Category Archives: Feminism
People Who Publicly Fret About Assange Rape Allegations Are Lying
By Caitlin Johnstone Source: CaitlinJohnstone.com A few hours ago I stumbled across a tweet by Huffington Post UK editor Basia Cummings which made my blood boil. Actress and activist Pamela Anderson had just spoken to the press with WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson about their visit with … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, corporate news, culture, Dirty Politics, Empire, Feminism, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, news, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Dirty Politics, empire, Feminism, geopolitics, imperialism, Julian Assange, Mainstream Liberals, Patriarchy, Rape, WikiLeaks
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Annihilation: Alex Garland’s Bad Trip Through Dis-ease and Over-Reproduction
By Kim Nicolini Source: CounterPunch If you go see Alex Garland’s Annihilation (2018) – and I highly recommend you see this film in an actual movie theater with a big screen and big sound –, you are in for a trip. Not … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Environment, Feminism, Film, GMOs, media, Science, society, Sociology, Technology
Tagged Alex Garland, Andrei Tarkovsky, Annihilation, Biotech, culture, environment, Ex Machina, Feminism, Horror, Jeff VanderMeer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Natalie Portman, Science fiction, technology
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Writing Nameless Things: An Interview with Ursula K. Le Guin
(Editor’s note: in light of the recent passing of Ursula K. Le Guin we should appreciate even more the wisdom and insight communicated through her novels as well as in this article from last November, one of Le Guin’s last … Continue reading
Gandhi’s Truth: Ending Human Violence One Commitment at a Time
By Robert J. Burrowes Gandhi Jayanti – 2 October, the date of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s birth in 1869 and the International Day of Nonviolence – offers an opportunity to reflect on human violence and to ponder ways to end it. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, consciousness, culture, Feminism, Inequality, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Association of Franciscan Families of India, culture, Drone Bombings, Drone Warfare, Drones, Father Nithiya, International Day of Nonviolence, John McKenna, Joy First, Lily Thapa, Mairead Maguire, Non-Violence, Peace, Prince Simbwa Joseph, Rohingya, society, Uganda, Violence, Women for Human Rights
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Wonder Woman Is a Hero Only The Military-Industrial Complex Could Create
By Jonathan Cooke Source: TruePublica For a while I have been pondering whether to write a review of the newly released Wonder Woman, to peel back the layers of comic-book fun to reveal below the film’s disturbing and not-so-covert political … Continue reading
Posted in Art, conditioning, culture, Deep State, Empire, Feminism, Film, media, Militarization, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged DC Comics, Department of Defense, empire, Gal Gadot, geopolitics, hollywood, Identity Politics, imperialism, Interventionists, Israel Defense Forces, Militarism, military-industrial complex, Pentagon, propaganda, social control, Syria, war, Wonder Woman
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Saturday Matinee: Wing Chun
“Wing Chun” (1994) is a martial arts comedy directed by Yuen Woo-Ping (True Legend, Iron Monkey) starring Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen. Loosely based on a true story, the film tells the story of Wing Chun (Yeoh), a talented kung … Continue reading
Posted in Art, culture, Feminism, Film, Humor, Saturday Matinee, Video
Tagged Donnie Yen, Hong Kong cinema, Martial Arts, Michelle Yeoh, Wing Chun, Yuen Woo-Ping
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American Psycho: Sex, Lies and Politics Add Up to a Terrifying Election Season
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “I have all the characteristics of a human being: blood, flesh, skin, hair; but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion, except for greed and disgust. Something horrible is happening inside of me … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Election Fraud, Empire, Feminism, History, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Bill Clinton, corporate media, Donald Trump, Election 2016, Feminism, Government Corruption, Hillary Clinton, Paula Jones, police state, Presidential Elections, Religious Right, Sexual Harassment, voting
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The Courage to Speak Truth to Power
By Zoe Blunt Source: DGR News Service The more we challenge the status quo, the more those with power attack us. Fortunately, social change is not a popularity contest. Activism is a path to healing from trauma. It’s taking back … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil disobedience, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Environment, Feminism, History, Philosophy, Psychology, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged activism, Direct action, Elaho Valley, environment, environmentalism, Feminism, Health, Social Justice, SPAET, Trauma
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